Oppo Camp 2024 Finals Discussion (other games)

[Blackhawk42]

What is more telling, is that Longmire comfortably beat Sammy into second place.

Votes must have gone in before the 110 point loss to Port Adelaide.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

I'm okay with Sam not getting coach of the year.

He's done an awesome job.

Everyone who says "he took a team that was 0-5 to the finals" needs to remember he also took at team that was 0-0 to 0-5. He had an awesome year but ultimately coached a side from third last to 6th. A great season - but probably a final win or two short of being coach of the year.

None of that is criticism by the way. Every great coach needs a ramp up season like we've had.

What I think is notable about how Mitchell has coached is that in the Cats/Lions prelim, The lions played a lot like Hawthorn. Spread the ground and then found avenues forward either wide or through the middle and ultimately won with small forwards doing the work with talls halving the aerial contests.

I think Mitchell has influenced the prevailing game style more than any coach this year.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Yet Hinkleys won it 3 times.

 

[moginie]

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Not even the Betoota Advocate considers Tasmania as part of either group.

 

[Flamin Joe]

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Note: Not mine, I just found this on a Facebook post celebrating Hinkley's achievement of making this milestone earlier in the year.

 

[Off The Couch]

It’s voted for by their peers
No surprise then that Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

48

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

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D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

and Clarkson have never won one and it’s easy to understand how Sam would be following in their footsteps

 

[TazHawk15]

 

[smish]

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I'll never understand people who reckon the AFL will be pissed there's no Vic team in the GF.

The only result they want more than Sydney/Brisbane is GWS/Gold Coast.

 

[KermitJagger]

It’s voted for by their peers
No surprise then that Chris Scott and Clarkson have never won one and it’s easy to understand how Sam would be following in their footsteps

It's funny, we never had an assistant win the assistant coach of the year either but 9 of the last 11 premiers were either Hawthorn or have had former Hawthorn assistants as head coach, and it could be 10 of the last 12 after this weekend.

 

[Iceman!]

Fagan won CotY. Get ****ed! Bloke took a team from one grand final to the next. Hardly anything amazing.

"The 2019 winner of the award, Fagan finished on 272 votes to be clear of Sydney's John Longmire (209) and Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell (161)."

I have long said this is one of the worst awards in the sport, maybe the rising star as well but this goes close so i shouldn't care. It is just a most improved team award almost always but that is what pisses me off most.

I watched Clarko get ignored for this dog shit award for over a decade because he was just expected to keep trotting out top 4 restults. But when 2 of the clearly best lists finish where they are expected to they now finish ahead of Mitchell who dragged 'one of the worst lists and clear bottom 4 team in the league to the finals'

Holy shit no consistency on how they vote for this.